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Originally posted by Al Alguire:

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Originally posted by Bad Nusz:
A word to the youth in the military: Stay in as long as you can, and get that pension.
Even if you must get into a Guard or Reserve unit when you separate from active duty. Get that 20 year letter.
Tricare has allowed me to retire earlier. Or allowed me to retire, period.

There is no more traditional pension in the military. Its essentially a 401K so that incentive is GONE and has been since 2018. Only the folks who were in at the time an elected to stay with the pension are elgible. Here soon wont be anyone left doing time for a pension.

This administration is not in favor of pensions. We’re looking at moving out of here before Gov Neutered comes after it. They preach Union but they are responsible for running dealerships and shops out of Ca..
No not all union is good, too much political influence. Take SEIU for one!

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Originally posted by BP758:


This administration is not in favor of pensions. We’re looking at moving out of here before Gov Neutered comes after it. They preach Union but they are responsible for running dealerships and shops out of Ca..
No not all union is good, too much political influence. Take SEIU for one!

The Unions are corrupt, lying crooks. All of them. Even though much of membership is Republican, 50% or more in many cases, 100% of the millions of dues dollars every year goes to Democrats. And they lie to us about it. They tell us no Dues money goes to Democrat political action funds. Then they do a bait and switch type deal. They move large sums of money into different accounts and the PAC money comes from it. That way it is hard for us to trace what they do with our Dues money.

Most all Unions do have a voluntary fund for Democrats but most of the money comes from your Dues through corrupt channels.

My Union was UAW and we built Aircraft, every single time our Country was ran by Democrats we lost thousands on Military Aircraft jobs. Every time, yet our Union still supports them right up until they closed last plant here.

Two things there, 1. If they Union is going to support a Political party it should be A) one that helps our Union keep jobs. 2. It should be representative of what the Membership supports. 3. We should not be lied to about where they spend OUR DUES money.

https://x.com/acyn/status/1829...du7omx7tRRMbtV3Bs-Iw

So eloquent.

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Originally posted by Lenny5160:
https://x.com/acyn/status/1829...du7omx7tRRMbtV3Bs-Iw

So eloquent.

What was he saying just before they clipped it? I'm no fan of his but I get sick of sound bites that try to make either side sound bad.

I can't listen to either side talk more than 30 seconds before I want to swallow a bullet.

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Originally posted by B KING:
M80,

Glad you had fun! Sorry about your personal economics but sounds like you have your priorities in check.

While it has been sometime since I heard this story from a racer. He was racing but said he hadn't paid his mortgage in 3 months & didn't know when he would be able to. I thought to myself why are you spending money at the racetrack.

2BKING trying not to take luxuries for granted.

I know quite a few people like that. One is fixing to be foreclosed on.

Over the years that I've been racing I have seen guys go totally off the rails to go racing and lose everything, wife, kids, house, job and sanity. I remember encountering guys living in their tow vehicles, not just at the track but full time. If it wasn't racing it probably would have been drugs, or becoming a Democrat (sorry couldn't stop myself). They were headed into a ditch and no one was going to stop them.

Bob

Seen plenty of racers use their light bill money to go race on Saturday. Lights off on Monday

Admit alot of guy overspend and being one I can say so. At same time there are guys who over spent borrowed begged and maybe more to stay on the track that ended up making good living off of it.
Don Purdhomme, Mongoose,Mcculoch,Lots of pro stock guys and lets not forgett the GOAT John Force.

Our deal mine and dads, we spent couple years catching up after backing away from racing. If not for racing i would be retired or as much as I would ever get and have money to enjoy old painful age with all of its glorious pains.

Should we have been more responsible with money we were making back then. yea probably. Would I do different now little . Most of what would do different would be race related like having more springs for 1994 season, little less aggressive at tuning at times and would have gotten better help for sponsor search. Money wise would have bought some rental property on credit and let it pay for itself. That way I would have more race money now.

You are a hero if move is winner and stupid if same move does not work.

Back in the early 90s I would take my paycheck and go race then put my house payment on a CC, dont need to explain how that worked out

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Should we have been more responsible with money we were making back then. yea probably.

Yes, in hindsight we could have all made some better choices in life. That goes for everything including money and women.

The fact that everyone of us here races tells you we have made some bad decisions if you are just talking about money. But we do it because we enjoy it and that counts for something.

Keep focusing on the Future and do not waste too much time looking back on the Past. Sure, I may have done a few things different if I knew then what I know now but I may not have enjoyed the ride as much.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Big Steve:
Back in the early 90s I would take my paycheck and go race then put my house payment on a CC, dont need to explain how that worked out [/QUOT

I call if committed to winning some say we should be committed for it.

Hell the two nof us turned 200k plus a year in early 90's (all labor only fuel and food over head)and I was 24 living at home(moms house) when I was not under the car of couple gf's. So was I really living there? Still best times of my life.

Hey upside it was every penny tax deductable because AIR-Hydronics Testing Corp, was out sponsor.

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What was he saying just before they clipped it? I'm no fan of his but I get sick of sound bites that try to make either side sound bad.

I can't listen to either side talk more than 30 seconds before I want to swallow a bullet.

I agree, I can't watch either side. See below @ 18:11 in. It's an unscripted, off the cuff, answer to a two part question. Could have been punctuated better but hardly the eloquent guffaw suggested.






Conversely, here is the other side of the coin. Be proud.

Got to asak yourself.WTF are those folks smoking?

Their smoking their FREE "Stuff".
The Dems just keep buying votes and it WORKS. Look at all the NEW FREE stuff they are trying to pass, FREE Student loans, FREE Medications, etc, etc, to BUY VOTES. People ARE STUPID, they think that this stuff is just FREE, they don't know that SOMEONE is paying for it, it's just not them, IDIOTS.

I've mentioned this several times about our EX-Friends. When they were working stiffs they were die hard Repubs. NOW since they are MILLIONAIRES with NO DEBT (won the Connecticut Lottery) they are die hard Dems. They get FREE HEAT, FREE FOOD, FREE ELECTRIC and pay ZERO TAXES. They bought 40 acres of land, built a NEW 5000 square foot RANCH house, bought the BMW's, Ford F450 Dually, John Deere backhoe to play with, etc, etc and now PRAISE the Dems due to the FREE STUFF they get.
BUYING PEOPLES VOTES WORKS.

The best part is MY property taxes JUST went UP $6000 a year, theirs just went DOWN (again) because they are retired and haven't worked since they won the lottery, they show NO Income.
WTF

Yea unfortunately lot os people are like biden family. For sale cheap.

I do not ever blame anyone for taking advantage of all the tax breaks legally available.

With that said nothing is Free, everything the Government gives people is stolen from Tax paying Americans.

Our Government was set up to be by the people for the people so that they could never control us and make slaves out of us. Yet they have done it by taxing us and taking our power.

Biggest slavery program in History is welfare. The government inslaved more than slavery b4 1865 ever did.

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Originally posted by wideopen231:
Biggest slavery program in History is welfare. The government inslaved more than slavery b4 1865 ever did.

That is true when you rely on the Government to survive you are their Slave and yet they will vote for more of it.

100% correct.
But the "Slaves" don't care because they get it for FREE, the working stiff pays for it. They'll keep voting these guys in to keep getting the FREE stuff.

Curly,
That's where I have a problem, my ex-friends should NOT be entitled to ANY FREE stuff, they are millionaires with millions in the bank but because of a loophole (have no income due to not working because they don't have to) where there ARE MANY people that do need this help but can't get it.
That's my problem with it.

My ex-friends have a net worth of over $10 million where one of my tenants has ZERO net worth and can't get ANY assistance because both he and his wife (with 2 kids) work to try to put food on the table. They've tried (I know because I had to sign the paper work for rent assistance for them) they were denied where my friends get $1000 per month for rent even though they own their house FREE and CLEAR.
It's just not right.
Not to mention they get Food Stamps, Free Heat, Free Electric, etc. etc.
The system is broken.

I heard a really good example about "Unrealistic Optimism".

A guy jumps off a five story build. As he passes each floor, people on those floors hear him yell, "So far, so good!"

Funny at first, until reality hits home, or in his case the ground floor.

This reminds me of the current National debt, and the obligation it places on our kids and grandkids. The Biden Administration, including Kamala Harris and Liberal Governors like Newsome, (1) forgive Student Loan Debt, (So Far So Good) (2) finances free cell phones to Illegals, (So Far So Good) (3) Free College enrollment, (So Far So Good), (4) $150,000 loans to Illegals to buy a home, (So Far So Good) (5) allows Illegals to vote in our elections, (So Far So Good)!

This works right up to the moment you reach the ground floor, then there IS a price to pay.

All these Policies drive up the National Debt, eventually our children reach the bottom floor.

Bob